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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
coolie
coolie [coolie coolies] BrE [ˈkuːli] NAmE [ˈkuːli] noun (old-fashioned, taboo)
an offensive word for a worker in Eastern countries with no special skills or training
Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: from Hindi and Telugu kūlī ‘day labourer’, probably associated with Urdu ḳulī ‘slave’.
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